About the Authors

Christina Feldmann

Contributed equally to this work with: Christina Feldmann, Rashad Zayat

Current address: Department of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Rashad Zayat

Contributed equally to this work with: Christina Feldmann, Rashad Zayat

rzayat@ukaachen.de

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Andreas Goetzenich

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Ali Aljalloud

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Eva Woelke

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Judith Maas

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Lachmandath Tewarie

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Thomas Schmitz-Rode

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Ruediger Autschbach

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Ulrich Steinseifer

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Engineering, Institute of Applied Medical Engineering, Helmholtz Institute, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Ajay Moza

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CF RZ AM. Data curation: AG AM. Formal analysis: AG RZ LT. Funding acquisition: CF AG. Investigation: CF RZ AA EW LT JM. Methodology: CF US TSR. Project administration: CF AM. Resources: US TSR RA. Supervision: US RA AM. Validation: EW LT JM. Writing – original draft: CF RZ.